EMF’s new album, Schubert Dip, is less impressive than their hit single, ”Unbelievable.” The pseudo-anthemic ”Children” is typical: a blurry blend of New Wave guitar and standard-issue house beats that’s insipid rather than insurrectionary. Only another accusatory put-down song, ”Lies,” asserts itself as brutally as the hit. B-

Primus, a Bay Area trio, has just released Sailing the Seas of Cheese. They’re too self-consciously goofy for their own good, but their rubber-boned thrash-funk can be cartoonish fun. B+

Other current dance-funk-rock hybrids:

Fishbone The Reality Of My Surroundings. Almost capturing the pell-mell mania of the group’s live show. B

Jane’s Addiction Ritual de lo Habitual. Tribal rhythms, David Navarro’s raging guitar virtuosity, and singer Perry Farrell’s arty obsessions merge to form one of the inspirational sounds of the ’90s. A+